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New gov't office to address Japan's foreign resident issues

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during an opening ceremony for a new office within the Cabinet Secretariat tasked with addressing concerns about the impact of foreigners on Japan on July 15, 2025, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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New gov't office to address Japan's foreign resident issues

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during an opening ceremony for a new office within the Cabinet Secretariat tasked with addressing concerns about the impact of foreigners on Japan on July 15, 2025, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM

STORY: Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ishaq Dar in meetings STORYLINE: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was designated on Sunday as the deputy prime minister, a notification of Pakistani cabinet division said. A notification issued by the cabinet secretariat of the cabinet division said that Dar has been given the charge "with immediate effect and until further orders." After the formation of the new government earlier this year, Dar took the oath as the foreign minister of Pakistan. The 73-year-old seasoned politician is a member of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, and an important figure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He had also served several times in the past as the finance minister of the South Asian country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham and Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov (L) and Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov and Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham (L to R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov (L) and Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov, Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham, Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell and State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema (L to R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell, Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov and State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema (R to L) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema (C) attends an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell attends an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham (C) attends an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell (L), Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham (2nd R) and Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov (R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham and Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov (L) shakes hands with Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham during an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema (R) shakes hands with Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham in the presence of Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell during an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham attends an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov, Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham, Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell and State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema (L to R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov and Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham (L to R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov and Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell (L to R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham attends an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham attends an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Meeting on cooperation between Secretariat of Ukrainian government and USAID in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Yarema, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov, Charge dAffaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Robert Needham and Acting Director of the USAID Mission to Ukraine Theodora Dell (L to R) attend an event on the implementation of USAID's Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity held as part of the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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N. Korea fires 2 missiles, warns of more launches over Japan

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises. Immediately after North Korea's launches on Monday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said Pyongyang had fired three projectiles, citing data from the Defense Ministry. But the ministry corrected the report later in the day, saying the North had launched two missiles. Matsuno said the Cabinet Secretariat, a governmental body that gathers data from the Defense Ministry and other administrative organizations, mistakenly sent a notification about the second missile launch by North Korea to the Japan Coast Guard twice.

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Japan envoy to Iran

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Koji Haneda, former director general of the Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters at the Cabinet Office. The Japanese government named him as ambassador to Iran on Oct. 23, 2012, effective the same day.

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Cabinet Secretariat got 1.2 bil. yen annually in secret funds

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirfumi Hirano speaks about so-called secret funds received by the Cabinet Secretariat during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2009. Hirano said the secretariat received around 100 million yen in such funds each month from April 2004 through last month.

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Gov't to transfer personnel functions to new Cabinet bureau

TOKYO, Japan - Masahito Tani, president of the National Personnel Authority, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 3 after the government decided to transfer the personnel functions of some administrative entities to a new Cabinet Secretariat office to be set up in April 2010.

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Nakayama, gov't advisor on N. Korea abduction issue, resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama, the Cabinet Secretariat adviser on the North Korean abduction issue, enters the prime minister's office Sept. 29. Nakayama conveyed her intentions to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda during a meeting at the office and Hosoda accepted her resignation.

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Soga departs for Jakarta to meet husband, daughters

NARITA, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga waves as she leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 8 for Jakarta to be reunited with her husband and daughters living in North Korea. At left is Kyoko Nakayama (L), adviser to the Cabinet Secretariat on the North Korean abduction issue.

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(2)Gov't gets Soga's understanding on candidate reunion sites

SADO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L, back), a repatriated victim of abduction by North Korea, meets Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiken Sugiura (L, front) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (2nd from L, front) in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 30. Sugiura and Nakayama visited Sado to discuss candidate sites for her to meet her American husband and two daughters living in North Korea. (Pool photo)

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5 children of Chimuras, Hasuikes reunited with parents

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (C) greets former Japanese abductees Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike, and Yasushi and Fukie Chimura, and the couples' sons and daughters at a Tokyo hotel on May 22. (Pool photo)

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Chimura's children greeted by Nakayama in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (L) greets the second son, O Kyong Ho, 16, and daughter, O Kyong Ae, 22, of former Japanese abductee Yasushi Chimura at a Tokyo hotel on May 22. The children arrived in Tokyo from Pyongyang to be reunited with their parents. (Pool photo)

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Fukuda leaves Prime Minister's Office

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (R) is seen off by Cabinet secretariat staff at the Prime Minister's Office May 10 after resigning from the post due to his failure to pay mandatory national pension premiums.

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Kuroda appointed Cabinet Secretariat adviser

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda (file photo), former vice finance minister for international affairs, was appointed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on March 7 as adviser at the Cabinet Secretariat.

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5 abductees meet Abe

NIIGATA, Japan - The five Japanese (seated in center) now back home after being abducted to North Korea in 1978 meet Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (R) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (R, background) at a Niigata hotel Dec. 19. The returnees removed their North Korean badges in the meeting. (Pool photo)

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Soga meets gov't special adviser Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, presents a Sado Island doll to Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama at Nakayama's office in Tokyo on Nov. 29.

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(2)Abe, Nakayama meet Hitomi Soga

MANO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (L) sit down with Hitomi Soga (2nd from R), abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now visiting Japan, her father Shigeru (3rd from R) and younger sister Tomiko Kaneko (R) at her family home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 6. (Pool photo)

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Abe, Nakayama visit Hasuikes in Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (R) meet with Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L) and his wife Yukiko, both of whom North Korea abducted in 1978, at Hasuike's home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 5 to brief them on the government policy for normalization talks with North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Abe, Nakayama pay visit to Chimuras in hometown

OBAMA, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (3rd from R) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (4th from R) visit Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) and his wife Fukie (R), both of whom North Korea abducted in 1978, in their hometown of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 3. Abe and Nakayama are expected to discuss the normalization talks between Japan and North Korea held Oct. 29 and 30 in Kuala Lumpur. (Pool photo)

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(1)N. Korean girl confirmed to be Megumi Yokota's daughter

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama (R), a special Cabinet Secretariat adviser on the abduction issue, presents Shigeru Yokota (C) on Oct. 24 with a report containing the result of blood tests on Kim Hye Gyong, a North Korean girl. The tests proved that the girl has been confirmed to be the daughter of Megumi Yokota, one of the Japanese nationals North Korea abducted and now lists as dead. At left is Yokota's wife Sakei.

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Nakayama heads liaison office for abductees' families

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama (L), the Cabinet Secretariat's special adviser who is in charge of liaison with the relatives of Japanese abducted to North Korea, addresses liaison office members in an opening meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 27.

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Gov't launches panel on abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe speaks at the inaugural meeting of a special cabinet panel formed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to address the concerns of the relatives of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s. The panel decided to demand that North Korea provide detailed information on the abductees. Seated at right former Ambassador to Uzbekistan Kyoko Nakayama, who was appointed the Cabinet Secretariat's special adviser. Nakayama is expected to look after the kin of abductees, particularly their psychological welfare.

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Takeshima to become FTC chief in July

TOKYO, Japan - The government plans to appoint Kazuhiko Takeshima (file photo), a senior official in the Cabinet Secretariat, as chairman of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC). Takeshima, a former director general of the National Tax Agency, is expected to assume the post in July following Diet approval, succeeding incumbent Yasuchika Negoro.

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Foreign Minister Kono speaks on Matsuo's arrest

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono speaks before reporters at the Foreign Ministry on March 10 on the arrest of former logistics chief Katsutoshi Matsuo on suspicion of fraud by swindling the government out of 42 million yen in secret state funds since 1997. Matsuo, 55, received a total of 988 million yen from the Cabinet Secretariat's discretionary funds for diplomatic activities and allegedly pocketed the 42 million yen by padding expenses such as hotel bills for premiers' overseas trips, police said.

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Opposition submits no-confidence motion against Mori cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of four opposition parties hand a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on March 5 to Fukumaru Tani (R), secretary general of the House of Representatives secretariat. A vote on the motion will be held at a House of Representatives plenary session later in the day.

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Murayama greeted by

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (R) are greeted by Kim Yong Sun (L), secretary of the Workers Party of Korea's central committee secretariat, at the Mansudae assembly hall in Pyongyang on Dec. 1. Murayama flew into Pyongyang earlier in the day at the head of a 16-member parliamentary delegation representing Japan's seven ruling and opposition parties.

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Chilean president reshuffles cabinet after rejection of proposed constitution

STORY: Chilean president reshuffles cabinet after rejection of proposed constitution DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:55 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. previous voting scenes 3. crowd cheering to celebrate the non-passage of the constitution STORYLINE: Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday replaced six cabinet ministers after voters rejected the proposed new constitution in a referendum Sunday. He called on the new government to continue reconciliation efforts to push forward the process of drafting a new constitution. "We must listen to and walk together with the people, that is what I ask of this new cabinet," he said. The ministries involved in the reshuffle are the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Science, Technology, knowledge and Innovation. The Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency also has a new chief. Xinhua News Agency correspo

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Nakayama, gov't advisor on N. Korea abduction issue, resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama, the Cabinet Secretariat adviser on the North Korean abduction issue, enters the prime minister's office Sept. 29. Nakayama conveyed her intentions to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda during a meeting at the office and Hosoda accepted her resignation. (Kyodo)

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Gov't to transfer personnel functions to new Cabinet bureau

TOKYO, Japan - Masahito Tani, president of the National Personnel Authority, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 3 after the government decided to transfer the personnel functions of some administrative entities to a new Cabinet Secretariat office to be set up in April 2010. (Kyodo)

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Soga meets gov't special adviser Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, presents a Sado Island doll to Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama at Nakayama's office in Tokyo on Nov. 29. (Kyodo)